Great Forum. I've been checking in for several months now and have found them extremely useful, especially while tracking down my current car a 993 Targa which I purchased 1 month ago. Having previously owned a Boxster S (no hairdresser jokes please) it has taken me a while to adjust to the 993 (offset pedals, etc) but now that I have I love it too bits. However, there are a couple of questions that have been niggling me and I'm hoping someone can answer:
1. When the engine is warm and idling the oil pressure is just below 2 bar and RPM 800'ish, both with very very slight fluctuations. But about every minute or so (or if I increase the heater fan speed) the pressure/RPM will drop (i.e. RPM = 700) then increase (i.e. RPM = 1000) before settling back to its original position. Is this normal or should the engine idle smoothly all the time? FYI - I have the AC on all the time if this makes any difference.
2. The first time I took the car out in the rain I noticed that the top (18") wiper blade smeared rain across the driver's side of the windscreen as it came to rest. So out I went and bought two new Bosch wiper arms (15" & 18") thinking that this would solve the problem. But it is exactly the same. Both of the blade ends do not make full contact when in the parked position, I tryed bending them slightly but no joy. Is this one of the 993's idiosyncrasies or am I missing a trick. The passenger side clears perfectly!
Any help would be appreciated.
TIA.
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1. When the engine is warm and idling the oil pressure is just below 2 bar and RPM 800'ish, both with very very slight fluctuations. But about every minute or so (or if I increase the heater fan speed) the pressure/RPM will drop (i.e. RPM = 700) then increase (i.e. RPM = 1000) before settling back to its original position. Is this normal or should the engine idle smoothly all the time? FYI - I have the AC on all the time if this makes any difference.
2. The first time I took the car out in the rain I noticed that the top (18") wiper blade smeared rain across the driver's side of the windscreen as it came to rest. So out I went and bought two new Bosch wiper arms (15" & 18") thinking that this would solve the problem. But it is exactly the same. Both of the blade ends do not make full contact when in the parked position, I tryed bending them slightly but no joy. Is this one of the 993's idiosyncrasies or am I missing a trick. The passenger side clears perfectly!
Any help would be appreciated.
TIA.
Migration info. Legacy thread was 14884
